Workshop on mm-VLBI with ALMA

Workshop on mm-VLBI with ALMA 22nd January 2015 - Istituto di Radioastronomia Bologna, Italy

The Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Centre organizes a meeting on the subject of mm-VLBI with ALMA, to be held at the INAF-Istituto di Radioastronomia (Bologna, Italy) on 22nd January 2015.

The idea of the workshop is to discuss the status of the mm-VLBI networks, the inclusion of ALMA therein and the role of the European ARC in this process. The meeting will be an open session on 22nd January (all day) including science cases and presentations of the network status to a general public (on the days before we'll be hosting an Italian community workshop on mm astronomy and people might attend both events)

At the workshop there is room for ~ 10 contributing talks (ca. 20 min), either on......

on behalf of the SOC(*) Elisabetta Liuzzo Italian ALMA Regional Centre INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy

(*) The SOC consists of: Jan Brand (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC) Gabriele Giovannini (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Università di Bologna) Robert Laing (European Southern Observatory) Elisabetta Liuzzo (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC) Marcella Massardi (INAF-IRA, Bologna, Italy; Italian ARC) Leonardo Testi (European Southern Observatory)

Preliminary Program

Thursday, 01/22/2014

Liuzzo/Brand  : Welcome -- 15 m 9.30 - 9.45 Falcke  : Towards the event horizon/ -- 30 m 9.45 - 10.15

                     BlackHoleCam project

Fish (TBC)  : The Alma phasing project -- 20 m 10.15 - 10.35 Doeleman (TBC)  : EHT -- 20 m 10.35 - 10.55

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AGN SCIENCE

Giroletti  : Review on blazar science with mm-VLBI -- 30 m 11.25 - 11.55 contributed talks  : 5 x 15 m -- 75 m 11.55 - 13.10

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MASER SCIENCE:

Colomer  : Review on maser science with mm-VLBI -- 30 m 14.10 - 14.40 contributed talks  : 5 x 15 m -- 75 m 14.40 - 15.55

Kramer  : Pulsars with the phased ALMA array -- 15 m 15.55 - 16.10

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Baudry  : ALMA correlator status -- 15 m 16.40 - 16.55

                    /VLBI compatibility       

Gueth  : IRAM activity -- 15 m 16.55 - 17.10 Bong Von Sohn (TBC) : KVN -- 15 m 17.10 - 17.25 Ros  : Using ALMA as part of the GMVA -- 20 m 17.25 - 17.45

Discussion  : future mm-VLBI networks: -- 35 m 17.45 - 18.30

                     what users need/want 

   10:00 - 10:05 Introduction [Brand]
   10:05 - 11:25 ALMA polarimetry-from astronomical sources to correlated data [Fomalont]Fomalont_polarization.pdf
   11:35 - 12:00 Coffee/Tea berak
   12:00 - 13:20 Synthesis polarimetry fundamentals for ALMA [Moellenbrock] Moellenbrock_1.pdf
   13:30               Lunch
   14:30 - 16:00 ALMA polarimetry calibration in CASA [Moellenbrock]

Registration

Please fill in the registration form if you are interested to participate and/or give a contibution. No registration fee is requested. Registration deadline is ....

Social dinner ??

Tutorial & Videocon

????? The tutorial will be run on the local ARC cluster. Access details will be circulated to the participants before the meeting. A videocon session can be organized for a restricted number of participants. Access details will be circulated to the participants.

Venue, Logistics & contacts

The meeting will be held at the Istituto di Radioastronomia, via Gobetti 101, Bologna. Directions to reach the campus can be found here. Hotels close to the campus are listed here. For any request please contact the Italian ARC

help-desk@alma.inaf.it